220 PLO MTT at Binion's
20000 starting chips at 50/100 blinds and 30 min. levels.
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First Table Reads:
1 young guy/beard and cap (Tyler?)
2 older guy with PS shirt - eventually read as loose/passive and seemed to be very tilt prone
3 hero
4 old guy (sounded like from Texas, eventually saw villain played like a nit)
5 old Asian male
6 empty
7 old guy with Wynn cap
8 old guy w/ cap
9 old guy with glasses
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Hero late registered around 3:15PM at the halfway point in level 3.
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Hero dealt in BB: 9x 7x 5x 4x (rainbow)
Preflop:
5 limpers
Hero: checks
(6 players - 2400 in pot)
Flop: 4x 9c 5c 9x
all players check
(6 players - 2400 in pot)
Turn: 4x 9c 5c 9x
Hero: bets 1500
all other players fold
Analysis:
Flop: A bet with 3 pair on a low board with flush draw is bad because so many turn cards are bad to either chop pot or change the nuts.
Turn: Hero turns a boat and bets for value.
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Hero dealt in SB: 8x 6x 3x 2x
Preflop:
4 limpers
Hero (SB): calls
Vil4 (BB): checks
(6 players - 2400 in pot)
Flop: Ac 3d 8h (rainbow)
Hero: bets 1500
other players fold
Analysis:
Preflop: Villains did not seem overly tight, so hero assumes that many aces are in the deck. This means that this could be a good implied odds hand even when hero is OOP.
Flop: This is an ok spot to bet, but more than 1 caller could cause concerns. Hero bets bottom 2p + 4th nut low. This may be a little loose especially in MW pot where hero could be in bad spot if facing significant action.
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Hero dealt in UTG: Ah 7c 6x 4c
Reads: Table seemed to be loose passive preflop.
Preflop:
Hero (UTG): calls
Vil4: calls
Vil7: calls
Vil8: calls
Vil1: calls
Vil2 (BB): checks
(6 players - 2400 in pot)
Flop: Kh 7x Jx
Hero: checks
Vil4: bets 2000
Vil7: calls
Vil8: folds
Vil1: folds
Vil2: folds
Hero: calls
(3 players - 8400 in pot)
Turn: Kh 7x Jx Tx
Hero: checks
Vil4: checks
Vil7: checks
(3 players - 8400 in pot)
River: Kh 7x Jx Tx 6x
Hero: bets 4800
Vil4: folds
Vil7: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: Somewhat loose, but can be ok in a loose passive game.
Flop: This is a not great peel. Hero has 2nd pair and backdoor nut flush and bad low draw with no blockers.
Turn: Same spot.
River; Hero decides to bet river since so much weakness is shown. It is not a great bet since about the only worse hands that could fold are J high 2 pairs. It is also tough to say it is for value with bottom 2 pair.
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Hero's stack at level 5 break: 27800 @ 300/600
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First Table Reads:
1 young guy/beard and cap (Tyler?)
2 older guy with PS shirt - eventually read as loose/passive and seemed to be very tilt prone
3 hero
4 old guy
5 old Asian male
6 middle aged guy, then eventually 20-30s female
7 old guy with Wynn cap
8 old guy with cap
9 old guy with glasses
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Level 5 - Blinds: 300/600
Hero dealt in button: Jc 9c 5x 4x
Reads: Vil5 & Vil6 were tight blinds.
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 1500
Vil6: calls
(2 players - 3300 in pot)
Flop: Qx Tx 6r
Vil6: checks
Hero: bets 2200
Analysis:
Preflop: This could be a raise in an LO8 game against tighter players (2 wheel cards). It is considerably loose on button even with tight blinds.
Flop: Hero has bad OESD and bets for fold equity.
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Hero dealt in SB: Ac Jc Tx 4x
Preflop:
(folds to Vil9 in HJ)
Vil9 (HJ): calls
Vil2 (But): calls
Hero (SB): calls
Vil3: checks
(4 players - 2400 in pot)
Flop: Ac 6c 4x
Vil3: checks
Hero: bets 1500
Vil9: calls
Vil2: folds
Vil3: folds
(2 players - 5400 in pot)
Turn: Ac 6c 4x 6c
Hero: bets 4100
Vil9: calls
(2 players - 13600 in pot)
River: Ac 6c 4x 6c 4x
Hero: checks
Vil9: checks
Vil9: shows 8532x
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero is calling a little wide to try to take advantage of weak nitty postflop play.
Flop: Hero bets top and bottom + flush draw, but is this the right bet? What worse hands call? Axxx? A bunch of freerolling hands will call too.
Turn: Hero decides to bet the nut flush on paired board. Hero has no low. This is a bad bet as hero is probably getting freerolled often with only 2/3 as freeroll to other villains' most likely hand (naked low).
River: Hero finally decides to slow down with bad boat to hope to induce bluff. A river bet may have been better than a turn bet due to freeroll problems.
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Hero dealt in HJ: Ad 8x 8x 4d
Read: Vil5 seemed straightforward and a bit tight.
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero (HJ): raises to 1500
Vil5 (But): calls
(2 players - 3900 in pot)
Flop: Ax Qx 5d (rainbow)
Hero: bets 2000
Vil5: calls
(2 players - 7900 in pot)
Turn: Ax Qx 5d 2d
Hero: checks
Vil5: bets pot (7900)
Hero: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: This is another bottom of steal range but ok because of suited A4.
Flop: This is probably a marginal cbet. Hero has bad backdoor low and top pair/bad kicker. There is also little fold equity on this board. Sure, villain may folds KK32, but it is so small part of range.
Turn: Hero shows weakness and checks. Hero's hand is very weak and folds to straightforward villain's bet.
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Level 8 - Blinds: 600/1200
Stacks are approximately ~30k per player.
Hero dealt in BB: Ad 5d M-Hx M-Hx (A5 suited, probably with high cards above 7)
Preflop:
(folds to Vil4)
Vil4 (UTG): calls
(other players fold)
Vil2 (SB): calls
Hero (BB): checks
(3 players - 3600 in pot)
Flop: 3x 8x 4s
Vil2: checks
Hero: checks
Vil4: checks
(3 players - 3600 in pot)
Turn: 3x 8x 4s 2s
Vil2: checks
Hero: checks
Vil4: bets 1800
Vil2: calls
Hero: calls
(3 players - 9000 in pot)
River: 3x 8x 4s 2s 2x
Vil2: checks
Hero: checks
Vil4: checks
Analysis:
Preflop: No value in raising suited A5 in BB.
Flop: Hero has second nut low/no high. Hero checks.
Turn: A donk bet may have been best although it announces 65 or 5A.
Should hero check raise the field? It looks super strong.
River: With turn check/call, there is no reason to check and hope someone bets board pairing river. Would villain bet a set or 2p on the turn?
Hero should probably lead for smaller bet (~6k) to try to get crying call from A6 or naked trips/no low.
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Hero's stack: 38,800 @ 600/1200.
Hero won limped pot in BB with Q422 on 442X board with 2 bets.
Hero dealt KJJ5 in BB and bet A45 board when checked to hero.
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First Table Reads - Level 8:
1 young guy/beard and cap (Tyler?)
2 older guy with PS shirt - eventually read as loose/passive and seemed to be very tilt prone
3 hero
4 old guy (sounded like from Texas, eventually saw villain played like a nit)
5 old Asian male
6 20-30s female
7 *young female with happy friday with cap
8 old guy with cap
9 *old guy with glasses (commented on hero's journalling of hand histories)
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Level 9 - Blinds: 1k/1.5k (800/1600 level does not exist and $100 chips were colored up)
Hero dealt in: As Qc 5h 2h
Preflop:
Vil2: raised to 5500
Hero: called
Vil6 (SB): called
(3 players - 19000 in pot)
Flop: 3c 6h 7c
Vil2: checks
Hero: checks
Vil6: checks
(3 players - 19000 in pot)
Turn: 3c 6h 7c 4d
Vil2: bets 10000
Hero: raises to 25000
Vil6: folds
Vil2: calls all in
Vil6: shows AT32
River: unknown brick
Hero 3/4 villain (Vil6).
Analysis:
Preflop: This can be a 3b candidate, but hero decides to play smaller pot.
Flop: Hero could easily bet with wrap + nut low. Hero decides to slow down given flush draw on board.
Turn: Hero raises villain's bet with low straight since freerolling hands (NFD + NLD) have less equity against hero's straight.
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In 4 way pot, hero folded nut low on 4h 8h 3x MW when facing bet/call.
Hero's instincts may have been incorrect in this spot. Villains are so loose/passive that A2xx is small/non-existent part of range. It seems to happen in loose passive games where A2 can actually be good to get 1/2 of a 3 person MW limped pot.
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Hero dealt in MW pot: Ax Kc Tc 2c
Vil9 seemed to have TAGish stats and was raising preflop somewhat often.
Vil9: raises to 6500
Hero: reraises to 21000
Vil9: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero has AK2x against player who seemed to be raising somewhat often (although competent). Hero's hand does well against a range of ok A2xx/A3xx and AAxx. Hero applies pressure, but villain folds.
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Hero dealt on button: Ad Qx Td 9x
Preflop:
Vil7: calls
Vil9: calls
Vil2: calls
Hero: calls
Vil5 (BB): checks
(5 players - 10000 in pot)
Flop: Jx 8x 7x (rainbow)
checks to Hero
Hero: bets 7500
Vil5: calls
other players fold
(2 players - 25000 in pot)
Turn: Jx 8x 7x 9x (two tone)
Vil5: bets pot
Hero: reraises all in
Vil5: calls
Vil5: shows KQT9
River: blank
Hero chops pot.
Analysis:
Preflop: Suited ace with high cards on button = call.
Flop: Hero bets to price out low draws.
Turn: Hero jams with nuts for same reason. Villain could be freerolling though.
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First Table Reads - Level 10/11:
1 young guy/beard and cap (Tyler?)
2 older guy with PS shirt - eventually read as loose/passive and seemed to be very tilt prone
3 hero
4 old guy (sounded like from Texas, eventually saw villain played like a nit)
5 old Asian male
6 *old guy
7 *level 10 - female with short hair || level 11 - young guy with glasses
8 *level 10 - mid aged Asian with grey hair
9 old guy with glasses (commented on hero's journalling of hand histories)
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Level 11 - Blinds: 1500/2500
Hero dealt in BB?: Ax Qx 7x 2x
Preflop:
(folds to Vil6)
Vil6 (8k): raises to 8k
Hero: calls
Vil6: shows AKQ5r
Board: Tx 3x 6x 9x 9x
AQ72 < AKQ5.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero loses some chips on a standard call with AQ2x.
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Effective stacks: ~75k
Hero dealt in UTG+1: As 5h 3h 2s
Preflop:
Vil2: calls
Hero: raises to 9000
(other players fold)
Vil2: calls
(2 players - 22000 in pot)
Flop: Ad 8h Ad
Vil2: checks
Hero: bets 12500
Vil2: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a standard raise.
Flop: Hero could check this flop and hope villain stabs turn. But, villain does not seem to fit the profile and was simply playing hands face up. Villain may call with 42xx on low enabling turn, so a check could be worthwhile.
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Hero dealt in BB: Ac 8x 4x 3c
Preflop:
(folds to Vil8)
Vil8 (HJ): raises to 10.5k (all in)
(folds to hero)
Hero: calls
Vil8: shows Ah Ax Qh 5x
Board; Th 6x 3h 3x 8h
Analysis:
Preflop: With villain's ~4-5 BBs, this is a trivial call with 3 low cards and an ace.
Hero's stack: 113.5k @ 1500/3000
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Hero's stack at level 13 (dinner break): 104k @ 2k/4k.
32 left, 13 in the money.
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Hero dealt in BB: As Ah Th 8s
Preflop:
(folds to Vil1)
Vil1 (Button, 150k): raises to 10k
Hero (BB, 104k): reraises pot (32k)
Vil1: calls
(2 players - 66k in pot)
Preflop:
Flop: 6c 7c 8c
Hero: thinks for a moment, then checks
Vil1: bets pot
Hero: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: With bad aces and 25 BB, hero is not really able to 3b and get most of stack in. This is a bad hand since villains likely will read hero has AA and bad wheel card. Hero also had no reads on villain and no prior history. So, there is probably less fold equity.
Flop: Hero has no low on 3 low board. Hero is forced to check fold.
Hero's stack: 72k
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Hero dealt UTG: Ax Ax Qx 4x
Preflop:
Hero raises to 10k and everyone folds.
Analysis: Standard.
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Hero dealt in BB: 5x 3h 2h 2x
Preflop:
(folds to Vil2 in SB)
Vil2 (SB): calls
Hero: checks
(2 players - 8000 in pot)
Flop: 5x 5h 7h 9x
Vil2: checks
Hero: bets 5000
Vil2: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero notices that villain once in a while folds in the SB to BB's aggression in blind battle. Hero decides to see free flop.
Flop: Villain is not likely to check raise and will call with maybe naked low draws. Hero bets for value.
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Hero dealt in SB: Qx 6c 5c 2x
Vil4 read: Tight as hero. (TAG/nit)
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero (SB): raises to 10k
Vil4 (BB): folds
Analysis:
Preflop: Without read, this is a fold.
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Table breaks: 3 table redraw
1 old guy with cap and glasses
2 old lady with "small cash and eyes on top of it" card protector
3 middle aged guy with glasses
4 hero
5 young guy w/ green cap
6 old guy with glasses
7 old guy with glasses (9 from before), likely British, also commented on hero's hand journal
8 young guy
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Hero's stack: 92000
Level 14 - Blinds: 3000/6000
Hero dealt in EP: Ax Kx Kx 2x
Preflop:
Hero: raises to 14000
Vil7: raises pot (51k) all in
(other players fold)
Hero: calls
Vil7: shows Ax Ax Qx Qx
Board: 9x 9c 5c Ad 3x
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero is bet/calling AKK2 100% time. It's a cooler.
Hero's stack: 15k
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Hero dealt UTG+1 (8 handed): As Qx 8s 4x
Preflop:
Hero: raises to 15000 (all in)
Vil5: calls
Vil6: calls
(other players fold)
(3 players - 54000 in pot, 1 player all in)
Flop: 8d 6x 3d
Vil5: checks
Vil6: checks
(3 players - 54000 in pot, 1 player all in)
Turn: 8d 6x 3d 6x
Vil5: bets 2000
Vil6: calls
(3 players - 94000 in pot, 1 player all in)
River: 8d 6x 3d 6x Jx
Vil5: checks
Vil6: checks
Vil5: shows AT92
Vil6: shows AJ96
Hero: mucks hand
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a somewhat loose open, but probably the right one. An A4 is not a favorite through 6 other players to be the best low. Hero was hoping for only 1 caller. Turn action was bad for hero's hand.
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The field was very soft. Hero was not happy with play for most of the tournament, but hero was happy to have used villain reads to pillage and steal blinds in this small stakes tournament.
Hero finishes 23/131 with 13 places paying.
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